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AJiwabVi mnrurt mm wilt tm Iht bill for tbe Two amtoumom tor a ooastltutSonal MMndmsat to make only gold and silver a legal Mm** we etfmd to the Senate on the loth tat Abfllwaerepertsd foe the sale at thi Indian mauMSflmi In Kansas, uril t wdaspd » aiMini <* MmP*- t innervation te the same Btate. tmtv, In secret session. la the ; '-t*y * iw -n'*" ' ! W<-* i" „-f .̂.'V .V; l i Sbmml Two eeastmaoonai S^fiSSf^SST. dsMa. A bill was totrod* ,4ft- • *. \jtk •»'* ,̂W!' f #;? f - to inowpomte toe ?«JJow- ^FMkMid toe fcpokane Fall* and Cornr TjImm Roads, end to grant the right of way SamA tS£S Tannery* the Kansas ̂City, Mftatt nriOiEtki StlMti and But« fiAn,uA the 8k Joeeph and Rio Otaade Two constitutional a--eadmeuts mn • • ess the power to make t a tender In payment of Introduced grantln* oopy- %£ tnsss ASSSTUCSS saî s^asî rars^ ̂ Ouenther asked that It be Immediately read, thoaxh Mr. Caaaidy suggested to an undertone thatit "«#*»* be bettsr to wait until the new •led crulaera were oottgieted. i£ter the dtoelUMUto had been read Mr. Hlsoock offered ttt following preamb'e and resolution. which -Was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af- fefta: "Wmnsaas, Ithasoomato tfeekaowledge ̂tKi> Houee that a communication from it to tkoParliatteato! the German Empire, entirely tUendiy in Its Intent, respectful In its character, •ad sent through tha regular channtlaof tn- l communication, baa been arbitrarily _„J and returned by ajpereon now bold- . the positk n of Chancellor of the Ger- gnan Empire; theretoie be It J?esoisi*/, That this House cannot but express surprise and re­ nt that it ahoaid be even temporarily within Se power of a single too powerful subject to tatwfne with each a simple, natural, and spon- xpression of kindly feeling between J nations, and thus to detract from the ««* prestige of the crown on one band I from the rights of the mandatories of the motile on the other. lifsolved, Tbat thfa House does hereby reiterate the expresakm of etooere xegietat the death of Ednard Lacker and lte Miiijiallit with - the Parliament of the •^m'huh Empire, of which for many yean be was a distinguished member. • resolution offered by Mr. Deuster redtttg that H» United Mates Minister to Germany hn been assailed by semi-official newspapers at Berlin, and calling on the Secretary of State for oopies «( any communications and official eorrespond- enace wbieh he may have on this subject, was also asCemd to the Foreign Affairs Committee. , Arrau prolonged debate, the Mexican treaty *na ratified by the Senate on the llthlnst. The -^Ote stood tt to »--one vote more than the neo- «r the twlon la MmiSMan. onailaMa euiaifeiiiia •«**«• fc>wi>wtt> dUtetet. nad amylNa Morlww the rfefcee Casowkoo dispatrii Is near Uachaia, In this Mate, uaomr the oat- tie of a farmer naaaed ̂Cbariaa Satoook. It is feared that the distemper Is not confined to that paint. Fbbht»8 Thabb, who robbed the Facifte Sxprees at St. loula, waa nrrestefl at Mllwankee, and tW>000 of the aooey rs» eorered. la purohaitnc a trunk at that ettr, Tiller asked the olerk teuMit into it a yaUe, wbtoh he earried, aad fip ft to De­ troit to a certain address. The olerk let the vaUse tall, when it barst, dtaoloslng a num> berof paoka«ee in Paeifio Rxpraea suppera All clew led to the'atresi. THB MNm. Okb of the most appalling mine disasters on record occurred near Pooabontes, Tazewell County, Va. A gas exploekm took place in the Laurel Creek Mine at tbat point, where 150 men were employed. Every man of them waa instantly killed, and the en­ gines, cars, and machinery were shattered into atoms. Most of the victims of tteawful calamity were father* of large families. Bmt Thompson, the notorious Ttaas desperado, who, with his companion. King Fisher, waa killed in the Vaudeville Theater, at 8an Antonio, had a big funeral at Austin, bis home, where he leaves a faml'y and prop­ erty valued at flft,000. The Coroner's inves­ tigation revealed the fact that the two moa wore slain by police and 'beater employes. Thompson, a year before, bad in the same building murdered Jaok Hasrla, the proprie­ tor of the place, and on Uw pres­ ent occasion went to the theater for tbe purpose of raising a row. From tbe moment of his entrance to the death eoene he was a doomed man. His personal brave^ was her­ culean. and his caution equaled his courage. Ho and his game companion were crowded down by the police and theater employes and butchered like stuck pigs. It is tbe only way in which he oould have teen killed. He had thirteen authenticated deaths to his score. Fieher was the younger man, but the greater desperado. His murders were innumerable, and In every town on- the Rio Grande his name was a synonym for fear. Fisher's re­ mains were taken to Uvalde and interred. A llspatch from there informs us that "the funeral was tbe largest ever seen in Ifvalde," and tbat tbe desperado "would .undoubtedly have been the next Sheriff." WASHINGTON. A 8UB-C0MM1TTEX of the Senate, con­ sisting of Messrs. Miller (Q&l.), Edmunds, Morgan, and Pendleton, appointed some time two-thirds. The treaty won Id have ago to consider tbe question of tbe exclusion _ bat for ths action of Senator Van Wyck, who. thongh oppossd to it, abstained fgrat -vettn*. beeasse, as be said, the great majority «f tbe people wan in favor of the measure, Mr. Allisonpreaented a memorial from tbe Lec- Jstaionof Iowa asking the passage of a law to regulate tares and f reighta by railroad. A favor­ able report was made on tbe Mil to ratify ths agreement with the Sheshones and Bannocks fttr the sslesf a portion of thslr landa. A bill •was passiid appropriating to Louisa Boddy, of Oregon, $6,400 trr property destroyed by Modoos. SOI* were tntrodnoed to suspend the coinage of Standard ailver dollars for two years, for a pub­ lic bnilding at Sacramento, and to im- H low-water navigation on the Mlssis-RlTer bom Mew Orleans te Cairo. Heussof Bepiesenlatins, majority and minority reports were made on the Morrison tariff MIL An aet to place tbe name of Oeorxe V. Gee ty on the retired list as Major General was favorably reported, as also a aoeasnre for the sale of the Klckapco reservation In ffanssa. An adverse report waa banded in on the Mil to construct a macadamised road from Memphis to the adjacent national oemetery. Debate la committee of the whole on the postoffioe appro- wrfaMon bill consumed the balanoe of the day's ' The largest and most attentive audience •jpttwredinthe balls of Congress tbe present aided la tbe Senate chamber on 113th Inst, to Ustsa to tta openinc debate on > Mil tar the relief of Oen. Fit* John Porter. » snaschas wese made--by Mr. Sewell, at w Jersey, In favor of the measure, and . VHsot, of Iowa, fat opposition. A at resolution waa introaacsd far a oonsttta- asl amendment fixtne the term of the Presl- at six year* snd making Mm inell«dlble lo action. BiUa were introdaoed to establish ; reservations st tbe tbe on bifis for Iks and Ohio authorize the ____J in tbe Trass- Coke spoke on the plenro- The Houss of Bepresenta- of tbe whole on the bm struck out the r tbe salaries el Post- 0, and rejected an amendment jarwaslng the Items for clerks by $i2S,ooo. At iw time adjournment a proposition was made -tfrtneraase hy tMO.OOO tbe appropriation tor csr- sfeaa. A bill rraa introdaced for the admiMSOE SflwMnston Territory as a State after the 4th f* Marsh. 1885. Ahothbs large audienoe assemble! in tba ienite galleries on the 13th last, to listen to tbe ' <jel>ste on the Ftta John Porter bilL Mr. Man- : flnsim first addressed the Senate In opposi- ^ontothe bilL He waa followed by Mr. Lo?an ta a lengthy spesdi on the same aide, after «UdTue iiimaiiiii was read a third time cad passed by a vote of 46 yeas to 36 nays, five Bepublioans and Kiddlebv-nter voting in the > afilnnatlve. Mahons was absent. Folvrwiug Is the vote in detail: Yese--Bayard, Brown, Bot- te. Call, Cockrell, Coke, Cofcniultt, Fair. Farley, Pariand. Qlbsoa, Gorman, woome, Hampton, Harris, Hoar, Jadkson, Joiiett (Fla.), Jones (Nev.), Lamar. McPbemou, Maxey, Morgan, Pendle­ ton, Pike, Pugb, Biddlebergar, SaUa, •aolsbury, Sewell, Slater, Vanoe. Voor- heea, Walker, and Williams--3*. Nays-- "Bays--Aldrlch, Allison, Blair, Bo wen. Conger, Da was, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, Harri- aon, Hawley.Tmll, IruoUI", Logan, McMillan, of American products from foreign markets, has reported favoring tbe enactment of a measure authorizing tbe President, wnenever be shall be satisfied.that the exclusion is un­ just and vexatious, to Issue a proclamation euependlag tbe Importation erf all prod­ ucts from the discriminating foreign nation: also authorizing the estab­ lishment of a system - of inspection and certification of our meat products at ports of exportation. Tbe nsub-oemmlttee also favors legislation prohibiting tbe im­ portation of adulterated wines and oilier ar­ ticles, in certain emergencies, and tbe in­ spection, at the ports of entry, of artkdes puspectedto be adulterated. It la thought that the full Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate will favor giving full efieot to the aggressive recommendations above set forth A circular to all United Stages At­ torneys and Marshals bas been aent out by Attorney General Brewster, calling attention to the statutes regulating tbe shipment of explosives, and urging vigilance to prevent the perpetration of heinous crimes at foreign porta. in defoodtng Ua wanwin tfcaladiBraCnir in the G< aaMbeooaU aet witfcoet atuKUoetltofcave «IM House rtaolvtioiia to tfc» felehe- lagm fhpffftia they bai rtiab-- bfan. ttwaa not aaaiaa*. fee aaM. to an wiiilw of and tbat waa atSnSl* to polley. He aoouasd Laaker's adherents of taring oat of the ebler s de< a potttlcal lntrlg« eftiieUntveraltv that the form <n have been examined too olossly. and a«e».... _ Blamarekof dasoeodlag to the ataanaaaaof abngtat tbe dead, tte debato «hrougb- otrt was of an azdtiBf aatttie.... Gea. Graham defeated Oaman Dlmaoottw 1Mb test., after a staMwrn fi^t ot two aad one-half boors' duration. Tfee rabels ftmgbt wMh suck desperation that Mr onetime broke tba seoond British sqnare. At rebel loss la eatimated at 4,000 killed and 0,000 wounded Bacnlnh, has been o^ptared tier the French forces. Tbe Chtnsaa garrison made but a feeble resistanoe aad fled in all directions. The French loss was seventy. Tbe loae of tbe Celestials was quite heavy. Ix opposition to tits wishes of the supporters of Blaine, the Maryland Repub­ lican Committee decided to have the delegates to the Chicago Convention elected by district conventions... .The Vermont Republican State Convention for tbe election of delegates to the Chicago Convention will be held at Montpeller April 80, and the Gubernatorial Convention at Burlington June 18... .The Cali­ fornia Democratic State Convention will be Madison May 26. - The Democratio State Committee of Iowa met at Des Moines and fixed the date of the State Convention to select delegates to the National Democratic Convention for Tburaosy, April 24, at Burlington. The Arkansas Democratio Conven­ tion will meet at Little Book on the 25th of June. The West Virginia Republican Con­ vention Js called for April 13, at Martins- uurjf. iiy A vuio <u 144 iu 50 iuu uill Mwiiu- Ing tbe suffrage to women was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Iowa Senate, at about the eame hour, declared in favor of granting the ballot to woman, by a vote of ̂to 24. l%o Governor of Kansas, on the 13th Inst., issued a procla­ mation calling a aoecial session of the Legis­ lature for March la, to take action in relation to the cattle plasrue. THK WEBK'S FIRM BKCOKD. Tqb thriving little city of Allegan, Mich., has been visited by a disastrous oonflagratlon. Between thirty and forty places of business were burned, includ­ ing three of the best blocks in the city --tbe Sherman House block, the Empire block, and the Union blook. Forty stores and a number of dwellings fell vic­ tims to tbe flames. All the newspaper offices, the Journal and Tribune, the Oazette and Democrat, are destroyed, a few fonts of type be'ng all that was saved. The lose will aggregate nearly, if not quite, $40,000, while the insurance, it Is believed, will amount to fl'>0,000. The business men of Allegan take tbe fire very phlloatpbooulr, and the burnod out plaoes (will be speedily rebuilt Fire broke out at Grand Rapi<ls. Mich., during th$ prevalence of a high wind, and, before the flames oould be oboe lied, destroyed property of tbe esti­ mated value of $^00,000. The sufferers were tbe Bissau Carpetr8weoper Company; Frank Maybeo, bfjsoma; E. 6. Studley & Cq», leather belting; Grand Rapids Felt Boot Gompauy; S. B. Buttcrworth's bblldlng; Clark & Ocher, sash, doors, and blinds; Stadon's woolen mill; Novelty Manufacturing Com­ pany: Comstock's saw-mill, and Riohmond^s box faotory. Two men perished in tbe fames. East St. Louis, 111.,, was visits ed by a $350,000 blase, nearly all of wb:ch was oaused by the destruction of an nlcvutor in which was stored 300*1)00 bushels of grain, fereral saloons aad boaidiny-bouses were ro- ; dueed to ashes.--"-Uietpwn of PortBpaln, in the Island ot Irlnldad, West Indies; woa al- iaMmth disease nriig cattle in «***•*. A bill ! ̂ - 4 " itnw introdaoed tor a public building at Akron. ! Piac*d at $600,* w. Other firo losaes ,,ifl4: a favorable r port was made an the bill 1 for *#ej' _ w#f® . " follows: the .uimiwiou ot Dakota. Tlie Hoose at i A saw-mill at Peed City, Mioh.. leas $!.»,0<*>; ~ * ,j Beprcwi:tativf'8, in committee of tUc whole on I several stores at Memphis, Mo« $40,000; a j-.- 'W' r<>Mto;nw • appropnaOon bOl, adapted an Irohool-bouse at Cadlllao, Mich., $1O,O0»; mv- y amrndmeat iurreasing the amount lor tits free- local stores at Cassvfcle, W. Va.. a n ffrvlce to W.fl00.000. Tbe Cefhrnitbee blook of busiu^s houses at MoComb, Ohio, aaPuMic Laii'ls wn»directed ta> rej>ortj^b»)tlief - -- • tbv grant to tb- La!:*; 8cnerior and J^rtoge Laks p ii-i Banal Cosupany >8 Lable to forteituse. Miller (CaL), Morrill, r, Pbitt, Sherman, Van wyck, Wilson--95. e vote the following pairs Beck yea with Bale nay,. Cameron were an- ADDlTiOKAL KEWB» Fun Slaobl was ezeonted at Somerset, Ky., for murderlzls and robbing a man named Adair. OHIO Republican Representatives <at Washington say that their State will aead an unpledged delegation to the Chicago ConveoT tion. Congressman MoKinley says tbat Sen­ ator Sherman will not be a candidate. Amkbioa is about to have such honor as can be conferred On It by a visit from Degaleff, the Nihilist, charged with tBe mur­ der of Col. Su0elkln, at St. Petersburg. Business failures in the United States for %he week numbered 180, 85 less than tbe preceding week, and a decrease of 47 from the corresponding period in 1883. In Canada and its provinces there were 42 fail­ ures reported. Two editors and thirty-six other per­ sons were arrested at Pesth, Hungary, on the charge of complicity in the schemes of the Anarchists Triohinlasls, engendered by home-bred pork, has developed at several places in Germany. The Lyons^Chamber of Commerce entered a protest against the em- barge on American hog product. THE Indian chief Sitting Bull, visit­ ing St. Paul with Agent MoLoughlln, ex­ presses surprise at seeing se many houses on top of each other Fredoriok J. Dietrich, the teller of the Laclede Bank of 8t. Louis, is a defaulter to the amount of $30,000 Matt Lewis, a colored cttleen of St. Louis, was ex- t'outed for kiHlng his wife seven years ago. He Vjoyed one year of liberty by breaking jail, and has been tried four times. Ik view of the existenoe of the foot and mouth disease in Kansas and Illinois, the cattle-breeders of Central Illinois urge Sen­ ators Cullom and Logan to press the passage of the "^nimal industry bill," and to oppose ths House amendments* which, they assert* destroy the usefulness of the measure. It Is reported that the foot and mouth disease has broken out in Adair County, Missouri. The swine plague bas appeared In WHtnghaiw County, Illinois. THK great spectacular drama "Jalma,n with its gorgeous costumes and dazzling scenery, is in the fdurth week of its run at McVicker'e Theater, Chicago, but the rush to see it is as great as ever, and each perform­ ance is witnessed by audiences limited only by tbe size of tbe house. The pieoe will be continued for two weeks longer. Ths joint resolution appropriating $35,030 for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth dis­ ease, la co-operation with the authorities oi Kansas, was called np in tbe Senate on the 14th inst. by Mr. Plumb. Mr. Sherman stated that the people ot Illinois and other States were be- ooming alarmed, and argued that the appro- prtati -n should not be oonfined to Kansas. Mr. Cullom thought $50,000 should b3 set aside, and atonoe. Mr. Sherman said the question was a long the measure as constitutional, and Mr. Maxey argued that citizens of States could not be de­ prived of their property without due process of law. Mr. Ingalls explained that a large propor­ tion of the cattle in Kansas were not owned by its people. Mr. Conger said contagion was Hpreading over tlie country w.iile Senators dis­ cussed constitutional principles. Mr. Bayard thought the Government coold not enter the States and kill and pav for diseased cattle. Mr. Ingalls created a good deal of laughter, in whieh the Democratic fide of tbe chamber joined as heartily a^ tbe Republicans, by the remark that they would soon have to oonalder the suppres­ sion of the font- and mouth disease iu the Demo­ cratic party, as it never opened its mouth with­ out putting its foot in it. The House, in oom- mlttie of the who!?, discussed for hours the bill granting a pension of 12,500 per year to the sole *<urviving grandchild of Thomas Jefferson, tbe objection batug tbat the precedent would estab­ lish a civil pension list, and finally struck ont the enacting clause, by a vote of 139 to 60. The Speaker presented a communication from the Secretary of War, askin; the appropriation of $220,000 for the erection in San Francisco Of ad­ ditional buildings for the military headquarters. Harried > Waining. bound the South the little mow- on a branch of Kaflroad, seventy-five miles lite, at • o'clock last away every . building ig the railway station, brought to Pitkin, nine i section hand cm snow- »this afternoon. Eighteen acf 'iiOwn to have been oaught to the Mis. Doyle, a widow, her six children, anoth- unknown, and ten section . .. %•«» women were rescued last night. XhSBJIMrt alive, but seriously injured. The body fix wi section hand was recovered this morntog. Kone of the ethers can esoape alive. As sooa as tbe news reaohed Petldn fire bells of cMceiia of tbe di IsoobCw graph ander, large nual mdraing. Tbe sat Colorado lei lu ths mining snowbound alarm, and a large number ̂ on snow-sMcs to the scene Among A adaslng are of TYxnlohl, X 8. Brown, tete- ~ at tbe station, George Alex- Alexander, aad Mike Shea. A of snow-shovelers leave in tbe In the mout)tain districts of t winter is without paral- of the State. Many of the West and south have been November. The San Juan country has been the greatest sufferer. Du- rango, 8Bwton, Bloo, containing from one to five thousand Inhabitants, are Ktill blook- aded, no trains having reached either town fox;" several weeks. Breckcit- mlles north of Lead- destitute. Montezuma, ten lit a pitable condition. Gun- a few miles from the largest the State, is suffering from a Snow is eight feet on a level country; in the ravines and to a hundred feet. Tbe communication is on snow- ... m«n are heroio enough to brave theNller storms. When spring thaws move these mountains of snow fearful re­ sults must HjUow. Five Ilea 4*ed by an Avalanche In Ore­ gon. £Poy|iand (Oregon) Telegram.) Five mstfWgsged in grading on the Baker City BranotP Railroad through Pyle Canon, Union County, Oregon, were caught under a vast land-slide and crushed to a jelly. A very heavy Mast, had just been fired, whioh looscned alSuge mass of earth and rocks on the side of the mountain, which came down so suddenly tbat the men had no time to run. Tbe names 03C the victims were not obtain­ able. ridge, •ille, is miles di nison, coal mines' coaffami over the gulches only m shoes, FINALE JACK SHEPPARD& Money at the Point •f flie Pistol. _ the vote the folio wi Bonn red: (Wis.) yea with George nay. Miller di. Y.) nav " yea, Plumb nay wita . . . . a : n a y w i t h K e n n a y a a . s preamble to toe bill a# poaaed reeitea that i board of cttoeraeonvened by the President. • examine and report cpon tbe case ot Gen. 0b Jnatloe required tbe President the findings and sentence of tbeeourt- fn Gen. Potter's case, and rectors him i «t which senftnoe deprived Jasttton to tsko effect from the of rilsmtsml from Bervioe; that the Prrsl- had remlttod so ranch ot tbe sentence disqualified Gen. Porter from holding e. aad that la order to do justice to Ool er it was enacted, eta. 'Che bill then an­ ises the President, by and with theadvlee eoaaent of the Senate, to appoint Gen. er to the portion of Colonel tn the army the same grade and rank hdld by him at time of dtsmismqaad abthorizesilae Pnei- it In his dlKcretion to place Gen. Porter on retire l litet. of that grade: Gen. Partes, y JbOwever, to r^five n.-t compensation or allow- . ' i Apnoe jpr or to hi* ajijiointraeat under the set. iWf joint resolution wan euionitted appsopciaUng for the suppression of the focUand- ffhlladelphla TelegnltiS } A young stranger in the olty, while walk­ ing along a prominent thoroughfare at 2 o'clock In the morning, was confronted by a young and handsome-featured woman, who suddenly sprang in front of him out of a dark alleyway. Thrusting a co^pfl revolver under his nose, she gave utteranoe to tbe stereotyped highwayman's phrase, "Tour money or your llfel" Preferring his life to his money, be yielded up the latter, which was eagerly snatched by the bold woman highwayman, who, after ordering Ilia now thoroughly terrified man to keep sunt, under pain of death, quietly walked away and disappeared in the dark- . . [Chicago Dispetoh.] Ed Hording, a waiter in the Tremont House, had a queer experience at an early hour ln the noraii near the corner cf State aad sobered up sbmewhat when a woman rushed up to him, with a drawn revolver, which she presented at his head, and ordered him to give up his property. She then relieved him of an open-faced silver watch. Women gar- roters have been very frequent in Chicago this winter. Her Culture. *Ah, good evening! leome to ask you to go roller-skating this evening." "So sorry, but' I--I don't roller-skate any more this season." Indeed! But why ? I am. sure you are the embodiment of graoe when you skate." "Perhaps yon mean when I zampila- rotate. Reginald, do cultivate eieganoe in conversation. It is roller-skating no more. It is zampilarotation." And the young man leaned against the casement until he had gathered strength enough to say "Good --Hartford Poet TME MARKET. YEW YOBK. ...4 Alt AOS S.M 105 L<e • T.« m y.oo & A 50 & 1.07 1.14 .6* : XHE WEST, J| TOPEKA ditpatch saj«, "The eat- plague whfch has brokun out in Woodson County, KaiiKaa, provoa to be the genuine tcot-und-uioutb iliecase and tn ite most viru­ lent form. l;r. Holoomb, i.'nlted fitatoe Vet­ erinary Bnrgt-on at Fort Leavenworth, after '|K visiting W(xk1h)ii County and examining the Mttlc. pror.ouiKPs the alttutiion fcrkiua. Of $20,000-. elgbt scores at (.lefcurne, Tex., $M,- U00; MucUru atone-yard machinery, Cln- dnaati, $10,000; the buildings and moobincry of the Ftehviile Goal Company, near v>sk»- loose, low a. eight bumnese bouhos at Plttatmrg, Kan., @C0,00p; nine storr« and ofboos at. Vondaiia. Mo, 8tiO,COJ; a shoe factory and o Jior proparty at Brockton, M«se., $2C,OOJ; a 11 very stable and oontents ut Pembina, Manitoba. &1&.00O; a grist mill Rt Thorn port, O., f lft.000; a busiueaH block at Ptica, N. V., S^0,t<00; nowsjwper ami Hvo stoi-es at O'Neill, KoU., ^10,000; six business one herd of 1,0, vo are a«ected, vuoh animal | [lt ^ «of» «t «t4»<r having lost a hoof or a portion of the ? In nnotber herd of 90, 85 ure affected. " * "" These herds are in tbe »sme neighborhood, but the dteeaso is spreading rapidly. The cattle n en of the Btate are aroused and will do s'.l in their power to si amp lt out. and have already invited tlie aid of tbe State by pawiiifr a v-soUnion at a larrge meeting in Emporia urging the Governor to .call a spe­ cial session of tb« legislature to pacs laws wfaich will nid in its extermination. 'Fhe dls- fertllUinz werkV. Philadelphia, $30 000; railway depot at Middletuwn. Ohio, $au^00U; a tooptr chop at PittSburttb, $10,000. GBMUUL. TBB deaths of the week inelode ths names of Bishop Robert H. Clark son, of the Episcopal Church, at Omaha, Neb., agod 69 years; Amos P. Morrill. Judge of the Eastern i District of Texas; Bdward D. lame, of ea^omade its appearonce about three weeks I Dayton. Ohio, a brother of tho Senntor-eleot; ago Itr Keiih s herd, and, as tlie wcutber was ] Cupt. John Aruhet a retirwl shipmaster, extremely eoW, and no euch scourge ever , of Salem, Mass., who was a prisoner at Uart- gpViogappeared^ hithin Btate before, it was i moor; Abraham Breath, of Alton, 111., one e* trwt supposed teat the feet had been | of the sixty men who enrolled themselves Ihe first symptoms notlcod were | to defend Owen Lovejey In the riots of 1837; "•m JE7 , . " f ,. were ; aeitxia uwen ix>vejey in the riots or 1837; fii . DhSJerking up of one lew by the cattle and j Gen. Jamos K. Moorhoad, of PiUsbutgh, ex- - . !EcAi,,K ,heir ,coW-"- - A* Altu, , member of Congress from Pennsylvania; A. •S .• •' I Hall n snnwdfMA k U Ml A awnn ' at ^ *a , - .? * " . * I . ' t I • : m "ST.* tnah, a snowsMde killed eleven persons and sarapt awuy the works of the new Emma Mine. The snow waa plied forty feet high. Tax district in Kansas where the foot aad mouth disease has appeared has been dispatch reports a M. Sutherland, Secretary of the Province of Manitoba; Hev. John H. Inskip; of Asbury Park, N. J., editor of tho ChrUUan Statndard; Cardinal Pietro, of Home, Italy: Hev. Dorua dark, eminent Congregational divine of Boa- ton; George Caagin. of Utioa, M. Y., one ot At fouadSM OT ths Oaeida Community i PixHra--Snperfina. Whbat--No. a Cnicago... Ko. % lied. Cora*--Na a Oats--Mtxed .43 <§ POBS-lte.... lf.SC Ixt&n -OOSl cnfftcA<K>. Bwraa--Ohoioe tn Prime Stwrs. PWr to Good Common to Medlank... Hooe Fixxjb--Fancy White Winter Kx e.as Good to Cbotoe Spring-- 4.56 WHBat--No. t Bpriiut New 1 Bed Winter Ook»--*Ol s, OATa^-Na. S R I.... tn 6.60 Koos--Fresh. POBK-MSM.. T.ipti MiLwiukHB!' ® T.W Vt <waf & i.n (<t, T.SS <3 S.1S C* 6.1B & M <9 1.05 (4 .M & JK & .A3 .m & .ss js It .as .90 0 .21 IT.aw ois.00 ,0»%& .09 ̂ .91 1.01 ja M M t XI •IM n.tm U.25 & .M & .M O .S3 ft) .&4 (« .o«H (41H.00 & 9.90 lv00!V? 1.10H .48 I# " .92 •St 17.3ft b->i" doss--Ha t. OA*»--Ho. 9 Bra- No. I lUngi-Na *. PORK--Mosa.. Lajw> ""tfrl'tcWtiL*" Wheat--N<v S Bed Oobh--Mixed OATS--NO. 3 Brs Pobk--Mess hAB" CltfcDftATL" WHBAT--Ma 3 Bad Conn OATS Ryb Pobk--Mass.....*. l.Aira TOUOM. WHBAT-Na 9 Bad Comf--Na 3.. OATS-NO. 3 "ĵ fROlt*"' WH&Sl^No'i wi^i.̂ .".""!.".'..' L« Cobn--No. 3 48 OATS--Mixed. M Pobk--Mess •• IU® INDIAN APtfLO. Whkat--No. 3 Bed L01 Corn--No. 3 AH OATS--Mixed JS EAST LIBKBTY. Cima--Best S.TO Fair B-00 Common. 4.3$ Hoofl 6.80 g -- l.Of •SI .34 .64 1T.M .03 1.01 .S3 JS & .88* « & .00)4 9 1.0T m .ss ei JT (4 M t^tt.09 & .0934 & L03 m ji m .so «l«J0 0 1.04 U LOS .49 JS KANSAS CATTLE PLAGUE. The Kpidemlc Spreading--The Governor Urged to | Convene the Legislature. The fooi-uifl-muuu> disease sott raging among the c«ktle in Kansas, seems to have a^traoted the Attention of the people to an alarming extent all over Kansas, and even adjoining Stales. A recent dispatch from Emporia says! " The special train from To­ peka bearlng|Gov. Gliek and fifty citizens from variov i parts of the Btate went down to Teosho Falls to attend tbe meeting C oattle-men. The interest in tbe mouth-an -foot disease is Intense, and called togethi r representatives from some twelve count«. The reports showed that the disease wi i spreading. Veterinary Sur­ geons Holcoi b and Chambord, who have been all overtae infected districts, retorted confirming al the statements previously made, and stated that tha only cure known is deatb^md fire. 1 They urgad the killing of the animals and th& destruction by tre of the carcasMs npd all forme and every­ thing connected with Vt. Quarantine bas been established, but it i£mot observed aa It sboqld bo.! Gov. Gllck undV. Campbell, of Kansas, and I Senator Kelleyaddressed the meeting, urging united action Wl persistent effort in the suppression of tnfc disease. A oommlttee wiusistlng of one frofc each of the sountiee represented was app^pted, whioh reported u resolution calling upo\(Qov. GUok to convene tbe Legislature in exU session. The resolution was unanimously a^pted. COIN AND WHEAT) ftS laterMtiiig Beport Crom the fearal l>epartment. The report of the consumption am bution of com and wheat In the States, from returns to tbe Bepartm Agriculture, at Washington, show; ah per cent, of tbe corn crop bas gone ii sumption, leaving 88 per oont. of the 18t£ on March 1.14*8. Tbte shows s Uon of about 10.000,000 bushels. II gan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota the Hock but 9,000,000 bushels, against 24,000,do bu els last March, in tbe belt includl* O Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, pldu< C 68,000,1)00 bushels, the stock I on. 102,000,000, whioh » leas by 84,003,® than the stock on Maroh 1, 1IM. The piibortion of merchantable corn is 60 per pont-ir im,- 000.000 bushels. In average years, attrdin ̂ to these returns,, it is MS j er oeni Flve- sizths of all merchantable cjm,or m|̂ than 500,000,000 bushels, la found north of Blver and wcS;or Pennsylvania. The price of merchantable oorn is placed cents per busbel, or £48,000,000. ebontoble makes an average of 21 cet, per bushel, or $187,000,000. Seven p«>r it. of the crop is yet in the fields unharmed. The wheat of l*t$ remaining on band| r .̂ turned iik 110,000,000 bushels, or 28 pdhei, of the crop. On March 1, 1868, the <jtt{]ty on hand aggragatod 148,000,000 buahe'4nu, report will give the results of tho kivaca­ tion of tho comparative quality of thStw of ltUO. lstri- i Ohio i m «.?5 & 6.76 & &. 2S 0 7.00 Tbe New Eldorado. 1 Aa experienced minor who recently am^j at Miles City, Moot., from tho Ooeur d' JL0 district reports the preaanco of sefii thousand adventurous prospectors in that, glon waiting for the snow to disappear commence operations. Tbe Bnow is o\ three lect In depth on tile level ground present, and it is not likely that all will" disappeared sooner than tbe middle of by which timo lt Is thought 40,000 pe; will have,arrived in the neighborhood, the general impression tbat<a majority of prospectors will be disappointed. At same time it is thought that tliore arc soi rich veins which will pau out well iu district. When the keeper of the solitary la the Illi­ nois Pealtentlary, at Jollet, opeaed the ceil in which the murderous oonvlct, Prank Bande, was confined, on the morning of the Tth inst., be vas surprised to find the iron grated door covered with the clothing of Kande. Unlocking tbe gmted door he found some little effort was required to open it, but when he had effected an eotraaos the oause was plain, for, suspended from the grating by the neck was tbe lifeless and almost naked body of the noted desperado. He had made tbe most careful preparations for committing suicide, evidently Intending that nothing should prevent him from accomplishing bis purpose. He had removed all hie olothlng except his drawers and " stockings, aad after tearing his undershirt Into strips, had made from them and his suspenders a iopo strong enough for his purpose. He then fastened his ooat and vest to the bars of tbe door in order to protect his naked body from the chilly Iron, and after laying bis trouier* on the floor at tbe bottom of tbe door, bo placed his water-bucket thereon in order to Lave something on which to stand white fastening the rope at tbe upper bars of tbe door. These preparations being complete he had only to fasten the rope properly around his neck and kick tbe bucket away from him ard in a few minutes all was over. When found his body was edld, yet It presented a very natural appearance, for the feet rested on tbe floor, the hands hung down tbo sides, the eyes were wide open, and the head was turned a little to one side. A Coroner's Jury was summoned, and it took bat a ebort time for them to resolve upon a verdict of willful suicide by hanging. harden MoClaughrey went to Hande's cell the previous evening and imme­ diately on entering it the convict greeted him with much excitement, and insisted that the Warden should send lor ex-Sheriff Hatch- cock, of Peoria, and State's Attorney Tunne- oliffe, of Gaiosburg, saying, "When you three are together I will tell you something won­ derful." To this request the Warden made no reiply. and just as he was leaving the cell Kande begged him to take him out and hang him, "I cannot do that," repliod the Warden, " but never fear, you will be hanged soon enough." In a drawer belonging to the work-bench of Bande, in the harness-shop among other things was found the cover of an old memo­ randum book, on tbe inside of which was written, In the handwriting of the dead des­ perado, a number of entries, the first of which is dated J.uly 4,1877, some six months prior to his arrest. Among the entries ware the following, all dated July 18, 1877. Mrs. Mary Carrol! and several others. Canton. Man and wife and a girl at Saville. A German woman and her son at tlie house with a big tree seven or eight miles from Davenport, Chicago, Book Island A Pacific. Dr. Hamrack will testify to my attempt at suicide. I lost five or six quarts Of blood. These entries are supposed to refer to crimes committedJto| the dead assassin. There were a numb^rof others which could not be deciphered, but in the back of his dictionary was found the following ID Bande's handwriting: I don't want to go to heaven. There ain't nothing there. I'm going to hell, the big place. I ain't going t> heaven. I tell you God brains people--brains 'em. Perhaps that is the reason so many d n cranks are so anxious to goto heaven to get brained, and also escajjc the perils ot hard work. A stranger appeared at the prison and of­ fered the Warden 81,000 for the body of liandc and tbe cell-door upon which tho des­ perado ended hie life. Bis proposition,. ,>¥£!&. not entertained. BANDE'S MCSMCRATION. » Flendlah Arnault Upon Deputy McDonald. Tho final chapter in tho annals ot this icy- hearted libertine and murderer is dated March 1. Deputy Warden John McDonald was in the shoe shop. While his back was turned to Kande that fiend picked up an iron poker, unnoticed and approached, tho prison official with velvet tread. He hit liini over tbe head and McDonald fell to the floor. The shop-keeper. Madden, intercepted the secoud blow and seized Kande, who forced liiin down. it came to tbe rescue. One ol litem, Kaab, wrenched the knife from Bande's hand and choked him. Deputy Garvin arrivod Justin time to rescue Kande from severe punish­ ment by several convicts who Imd gathered around. On the way to the solitary with liande Garvin was forced to put a bullet in tlie hido of the monster, who bad made an attack on him. The cur continued bis attsick, when Deputy Ed McDonald planted a bullet in his ear. This sent Kando to the earth with a scrcam. He was taken to the hospital, where bis conscience, or his cowardice, drove htm to put an to hl« own miserable existence. It is, probably, well that lie did so. Had be lived, he might, with the assistance of some shrewd lawyer, play the insanity dodge on some 6cntiiuei!tiil jury that would have rec­ ommended an asylum for his relief and com­ fort. Kande had learned the day t>eIore his suicide, for the first time, that his assault Upon tho Deputy was not a latal one, and that his victim was in a fair way to recover. The information seemed to irritate him very much, as ho bad not supposed that any man could live after receiving such a blow as he had Inflicted. After recovering conscious ness, Kmide said that It had been his inten­ tion for some time to kill McDonald, beeeuuse the Deputy had caused him to be chained to the iron door of bis ceil lor several days, as a punishment for some offense. A BLACK CARKKK. A Story ef Human Depravity Alaanst Tee Horrible for Credence. The books of tbe Jolict Prison show tbat Bande was received at that institution Peb. S3, 1878, on a life scntcnco. His right name was Charles C. Scott. His early years were passed In Fairfield, Iowa, where his f»eople live. In 1877 he was known to have killed no less than five persons, and is now sup|K>E>cd to have murdered thirteen victims in all. He had gloried in the various titles of "American Brigand," "Knox County Desperado," "St. Louis Pawnshop Klend," "Brilliant Bandit of the Wabash," aad other equally bloody aud Interesting titles. His career in the prison bad been mutinous la tbe extreme. Again and again had he been placcd in Irons for inciting various disturbances among his fellow-convicts, by whom he had been cordially detested. Bom in Pennsyl­ vania In 1830, tbe son of a blacksmith, Kande moved to Fuirtteid, low a, thirty years u^o. He lived for a time the life of a hunter and truppor, while his sneaking und cowardly dis­ position gradually unfold d and finally blos­ somed out into that of the mo^t unprincipled unit bloodthirsty villain tho country ha./ over seen. After Nerving live years In tho Michi­ gan City (Ind.) Penitentiary lor grand lar­ ceny, he commenced his carejr as a mur­ derer. After robbing a gunsmith of several revolvers, he broke into a'farm hoitso near Gnloaburg, 111., while the inmates were at church, leaving the hourc, with his plunder, through a corn-licld. The farmer, OiAcOt'or- iuif his loss, alarmed several neighbors, and, -following the robber's track, eoon surrounded hliu. Kande made good use of his revolvers ond osca|>ed. leaving lo a corn-tleld tho dead todies of three of his pursuers. Tho horri­ fied and euiragud community scoured the country lor mile# arouud to and the imir derer, but ia vain. A little mere than a week later Hande robbed anotlior house at St. Elmo, 111., neur ltttingham, on tho Vatidalia road. He was pursued by tho citizens, sur­ rounded in a pk>:e of woods, and again m- taped, leaving, as a memento or his Uendiah- ness, tbe bullet-riddksl todies of John Scale* Prank Wiseman, and Krunk Uarnee. PtmliuK the country bo.onting decidedly too hot for him, Kande went to ludianttpolls, where, wbile living in the constant society of the most depraved character*, he maliciously pro­ voked tho anger of a fellow-roprobato, who called in an oltocev. Kum!e again escaped after shooting two or throe eOtccra, and next turned up in St. I^ouis. There he shot two men in a pawn shop boforo he was finally overpowered. His trial In Knox County. Ill was looked "upon as a libel of the most dis­ graceful naturo, as It saved tho murderer's neck from the gallows. THE Bupremc Court of ̂ ̂ Justices concurring," docides that tlie circu­ lation of an offensive article concerning a candidate for office is "a privileged proceed­ ing," even though the principal matters in the article are untrue and derogatory, pro* vided that the article bo circulated Mouly ' among voters." Th bbc are now forty-two murderers in ths .„,Tnn ifrrT^-r.« - ... . rv--< wi . _ Sshator MrLUTB,* frmn California, mh iiimuinuBii iiMAt MiUkMlMl !•& **--*-•- - • l "A- mu. fee Ways'i tariff MB Wwesnbnri>m Mi lks] diiioloa was u, p'Ohto, formulated the vfewsef themlaor- rty. We prssent herewith a brief abstractor the two reports: The M^erlty Jfceport. ' The W mil in lit liirtl mi liii topycsSMth. wfcsaas ot tariff dhdtsi? rates, iucladlng nl fteaa Mm mlariaiiiriiil aft t h e f r e e l i s t a a T a » H t m i s e f m t a i « « oharges and oomatfMtans, is not less than* per orat ,̂ and may raaohtfpsr east. The majority cSirmsn eC ttwfhasto Ccmmlttocon Finance, to of ths bUl befen the. Searte last ystt*, whi ,̂ stttr varioas amend-* What legtauMUt fa aeessaa» tonltees thepto- ^®wS^!rvai5i cent, on the valne. it tlraa sinwafe* that tho av-, erageoect of importing was only 1.74p« esnl! kaa ander the new than nnder tbs o&d l&i- The nominal reduction made by the proposed bQl is ao pg cent., or one-tlffeh tbe present rate. With the Morrill tariff limitations >n tbe biUTand the bquor and sflk schedules omitted, the actual reduction will not exceed 15.74 per cent. The average reduction made to thetariff-cemmlsslon bill aad that to be made by ths proposed bill, together, do not equal the redaction at which the commiskion aimed. "The decrease to revenue, as shown by the re­ ceipts under tbe new law, othsS than that re­ sulting from the noitatnalArednctloB of L74 per cent., results from the falling off of nearly $25,- (HH),ooo ot the Imports in the first half year under tbe new law, as compared with tbe first half of tbe previous year nnder the old law. The redaction of revenue under the bill re­ ported is estimated atkil,000,000, on the basis of last year's imports. TO the extent of that $31,- 000,000 the bill will relieve the people of un­ necessary taxes. To that extant taxes will be reduoed directly as a measure of justice to consumers, and indirectly in largely Increased proportions. From the statement made by tbe Bureau of Statistics, it appears that the duties or tariff taxes were de­ creased on some and tncreassd on other articles nnder the new law but, while this is tone, there has been no Increase to Wages to any, bnt a reduction of wages In most industries, as well as to those whose oompetlng products received Store, sa tn those that obtained less protection ander the sot of March last." ' ig to the conditlonof the Iron and steel , ss one of the leading manufactures, the t attributes the dcp>fssioa aad, the en- Idlfebess of tbeworfctogmen totbe enor- of the protective system, and- declares la such calamities always fall upon the laborers, the committee had deeded to report a bill for the partial relief of the people from unnecessary taxes. Views of the Minority. The minority of the committee, comprising all the Republican members, object to the pas- ssge of the bill on the ground that Congress made a general revision of the tariff at its last session, warranted by tlie fact that them had The been no generU revision since 1W tariff has been to operation stooe July, 1883--too short a time to have given it a practioal test. The bill reported by tbe majority proposes a re­ daction of ao per cent, and not a sir ' tn the United States haa asked for contrary, every interest represented before the committee--manufacturing, laboring, and asrri- eultural--bas protested agalnat it The free r ®sa vfiui h single Interest for it. On the trade clubs of Mew York and Brooklyn, rep resented by a number of so-called polit economists, hays urged tBiin redaction alone, bat the entire abolition of Import dntaee which to any way discriminate in favor of American pioduoeis. while all unite in opposing reduction* some Interests assert the heoessity of an Increase of duties for the main­ tenance of the todostry aad the labor employed therein. The wool growers of the conn try, rep­ resenting every State to the Union, demand the restoration of the wool duty of 18»7. While the minority have Sought to respond tavorably to this demand of mere than a million of their tellow-citisens, the majority, not content with i>« large .nlass nf §reduce**, deliberately oropose to reduce tbe utles stiM lower. While opposing a general re­ vision. tbe minority think that these are ine­ qualities which ought to be corrected. Among these, they say, wire rods, cotton ties, and tin- plates bear greatly disproportionate duties to Kindred articles and should be made consistent and harmonious. The bill, tbe minority say, is not proper at this time, because, first, it will disturb business; seoond, ft will of necessity force down the price of labor to tbe United States; third, this pro­ posed reduction will inevitably Increase foreign Importation, and as a consequence increase our revenues, to which every interest of the country Is opposed; fourth. It Is wholly unnecessary, un­ justifiable, sad ta srsry respect aad to crerr American interestonly hurtful; fifth, it has none of the elements of a carefully matured tariff bill; sixth, the feature of the bill which applios ad valorem rates to most of the schedules affected by it is especially objectionable, because it will greatly increase tbe existing evil of under­ valuation, and consequent frauds npon the revenue, a? well as to so complicate the rule of assessment of duties^is to greatly embarrass the administration of the law. ; The minority oonolnde as follows: "In the be­ lief that the late tariff legislation would remain without material change for a period of years, business has adjusted Itself to it, and producers hove entered into contracts and generally ar­ ranged their business, to oharaeter.and volume, in conformity with it. All classes of our people have relied upon its reasonable permanenoe and freedom from immediate and radical dhanges, so that every consideration appeals to Congresa to let toe present law alone, ana permit the bus­ iness of the oountry to proceed without legisla­ tive disturbance. What the country wanta most Is relief from Congressionul agitation. All of the Industries of the country are ex­ tremely sensitive, and Just at this time, when business is more or less depressed in every branch, the threat or fear ef a change in­ troduces an element of uncertainty and dis­ turbance throughout the country, the 'evil ef­ fects of which no cne can foresee. Twenty per oent reduction, or any reduction, however slight, following so close upon the reductions made last winter. cAnnot be defended as to a single schedule ol the tariff, and as to many it oan be shown to be Wholly disastrous. We be­ lieve that, aft^r a sufficient trial of the effect of the last revision, if it shall appear that the in­ dustrial interest* of tbe oountry can be main­ tained with, and.the condition of the treasury will Justify, a fmther revision, euoh action will be more wisely undertaken b*r the Mends of tbe protective system and with leas disturbance to tbe public prosperity than if done now by the avowed advocates of the destruction of the American System of protection. * Operatic Craze tn San Francises. (San Francisco DispatohJ * A Pnttl furor Is raging. Over 800 people stood in line all night to l-e tho first at the box-offioe this morning. Tlakets wore on sale only a abort time, when the managoment announced that all were sold. Tho long lino of people bowled like madmen. Some had paid *12 for tbolr plaoe in the line. A few minutes after tlie announcement that alt the tickets were sold apoculatM* Offered them at SfiOeach. It is publicly asserted thtft per­ sons connected with the management are con(<crnod to a dishonorable scheme. Great indignation was tnnuifosted. Thirty dollar* was paid for seats to the drees etroie. SMALL TALK. Ormss W. Ouhĵ tbe aseaMsj wslghs only 100 pounds. Turn-TV TiiomiAKD patrats were tawed last year In tirttat llrhaln, agalnat M^OOO la Ihia country. FuBkWAiM young ledtee moat havo pho­ tographs of their pvt eats 19 be up to the limes nowadays. K^hlt f»0,003 was sunk at Portland, Ore­ gon, by a it. journalist In eudeavorinir to establish tlw Nurtfm**/, whk h has coascd to exist. A GIANT boy bas ooane forward from Rook- dale, Ga, Though only 18 yearn old, be Is six feet two OIK! one-half tochos tall. His name is James N. Parker. Probably th«? »i<lost lo* cabin In the coun­ try is now Kiaudlug near Montgomery, Ala. It was built in 17#S. And for fifty years pre­ vious to the rebellion was occupied as a house for farm slavee. Andkbw J. Wiuveb, of Oreonvillo, Penn­ sylvania, drove liii daughter from the houRo, broke Home furniture, and then killed him­ self with a revolver. On several occasions be had shown signs of insanity. He was a brother of Gen. Weaver, of Iowa. Tn late cold avail in Southern killed thousands o? robins and bbasjajr ̂ jfei- . KnUk llMili of t& (baft Ft*, rata XatnuM*--VahuJde Prop- ' arty Wrackai. I^sitod la *aaeweU County, at thetertrtBrtOf the aewct*«*divM»fe of ths Norfolk aad West- sen Bsllmad, fa the village of Pooohentaa,** eempacattvety aew eettlcasent Hers are looateO totoss Jtfce fbuthwaat Virginia Impnpve- sjMtofcatoekoorperatlon Som- iMh .These midts m, Sid from them _ K *itolepad £ I toembjtog of «U earth. The terrible urns suffidentto toform every one that a. -* calasaity had brtsUea the midnight la- i tol? hytaat the streets were filledt a crowd sf^aendabw wamen. children ̂ men, all rushing tor the mouth oftheprln- «U»s la the southsra suburbs. Mere a. volume of smoke waa found pouring from aft, pad scattered around within a miiia Uimiiw of a mile were.broken timbers, shattered cars, puBeys, aad machinery. On alt sMsa were to be seen fragments, of human bod­ ies, some ot which were lodged to tree-topa, ana others on rwcfa of bouses aad sheds. . Foe more than an hour wild shrieking and tho loader manifsstations ot grief from desperate filled ths air. Kooaesesmed to have any i to what should be done, and all rushed and thither, seeking frantically for some oe of the fate of relatives below. Attoter- lra*a.Jk than ordinary shriek of anguish wonld tall that some searcher had found a token which realised hie or herworst tears. The soene- nras terrible in the extreme. Miners' houses, buildings, and trees several hundred yards away were completely torn to pieces, showing conclu­ sively that the force of the explosion must have been remarkable. i It waa not until two hoars had passed tm fruitless lamentations that any effort was made by the panic-stricken crowd to ascertain the condition of affairs. Then a ghastly faoed man, whose night-clothing was aet altogether con- (Cealcd by aa immense blanket which he ha& thrown around his shoulders, sprang on a 'stump and cried oat: "For Ood'a sake, men* let's stop this. We all have friends aud rela­ tions down below, and maybe we can help them. Let's see about it, and let the womenfolk* do tbe crying." Every one of the officials ef the camp was- below ground, aud there appeared to be n* one competent to lead except the man re­ ferred to, who at once called for volunteers. There was a hurried movement to the mouth /of the mine, and led by the man in the blanket* and amid the shrieking of frantic women, some Of whom pleaded wttb tho men to remain out of idanger, tue little band disappeared to the gloom and smoke arouud the mouth of the mine. They soon reappeared, however, and it was announced that all attempts to get into tbe mine were- frnltleas. A dense volume of tlamn soon com- ptenced to shoot upward, and Illuminated the scene for half a mile, rendering the ghastly spectacle, which had hitherto been viewed only' by torchlight, ten times more impressive. The Crowd had gathered, helpless, iu little groups* either discussing the situation or lamenting, the death of some loved one. It was agreea jthat the exploaion had taken plaoe at Flat Top mine and had been canoed by fire-damp. Tbe situation remained unchanged until day­ break, when the horrors of tho scene became- glaringly apparent The men who still retained their composure began to gather the fragment* of huinanity scattered about These were evi- * pdently the limbs of those miners who had been, working near the bottom of the shaft at tbe time of the accident, aad had been blown up­ ward. Not oue of those unfortunates, number­ ing about tifty, survived, as their shattered limbs- lying around broadcast testified. I A party of miners from Coalfield mines nnder SI. Oeorge Dodds arrived daring the afternoon d took charge of the camp. The resident* iwere compelled to retire from the vicinity of the mine, and the new-comers then gathered all the fragments of humanity and placed them in adjoining houses. The collection waa a ghast­ ly one, and the 1,600 populatiou remaining above- [ground seemed to have lost all reason. Not one in tbe crowd bnt had lost a relation, aud alt seemed to have little hope of ever seeing any of them alive. Young girls, half-uaked, dauhed hround aimlessly, many of them covered witlk <blood-stains received in their ghastly ceurch. men sat on logs or lay prostrate on the ground* strain. todyor mine and make I body of men would is taring stolidly around, their pale features testi­ fying to the terrible mental About every half hoar a and again the great pall of smoke and the burst­ ing flames from below would force them I tack* hnd some of them would be borne halt fainting Into the fresh air. r At 7 o'clock it was thought an entrance conld lio had, as the smoke showed signs of decreas­ ing. A party of men attempted to get in, and had gone below ground, when a volume of tlame- fehot up, and tbey were hurriedly assisted to the Surface. One of their number, an Italian anted Carlo Franchi, was missing, aud had (evidently dropped from tho cace. A lk of the party were badly burned, an& this showed iiow fruitless were any hopes of rescue. The shaft at 8 p. m. was a roaring fun­ nel of flame. All tbe outbuildings in the vicinity Ignited, ana tne ran house, wiiioii uuu been looked to as the salvation of any of the men who might be alive below, caught also. A shriek of' despair went up again at this catastrophe^ which was regarded as fatal to all hopes of rescue. The men fought manfully to save tbe building from destruction, but without avail, and it was soon a mass «?f ciudora. It became evident at this hour tbat tbe whole mine waa ablaxe. and it is doubtful whether it can Ije ex­ tinguished for weeks, if at all. This settled the fate of the 150 unfortunates below the ground. ' The explosion was so groat that it blew off the entire top of the mountain, which, settling book, filled up the mines aud buried the un­ fortunate men. The mountains for a mile around tlie scene of the disaster are covered with the debris from the wrack. The summit of tile park was covcred with coal-dust. On the topmost summit, 400 yardsawuy from the mouth of the Ill-fated shaft, a mule's bead and a child's- root were plckod np. Tbe child from which tho latter was torn was killed in the cottage of it* father, near by. The house was blown to Eloces, and all of its inmates crustiod to tleatls y falling timbers. Trees in tho neighborhood were uprooted and carried to distant points vt the mountain. HjIE WAK IX THE SOUDAK. fittk Oraluus's Great Victory Ovar Osuaa tNffM. London dispatches give full nartteulam of Gen. Oraham s assault upon Oaman Digna's fortified position in Egypt, which appears te have resulted in a groat vtctory for tbe Hritialk arms. Tbe attack was made at an early boor In the morning. Probably sot iaer« t han 9,000 rebels were aeon in front, but as the Brtttah ad­ vanced mors sprang ap, sometime* 20u yards away armed with spears, brandishing huge shields, these chanted down upon tho lirttiah ranks without hesitation at break neck »pee& until bullets laid the in low. Tlie British stormed tho works whore the rebela wera In force. The gallant blacks held eat nhleid and spear against ballet aud bayonet until the trenchou around looked like graves. After three hours of con­ tinuous fighting, the re bos ihmIUuu was taken and Upmau Dtgua defeated. The thchUiig wis •nose severe than on Pel». 1. Tlie battle lasted until noon. Tbe battle wus a scales of despersto dose flghta. The Soudanese rimght with tiie ut­ most recklessness. The British losa was MO meu killed, many of whom ware officers, aud §VP wennded. Tbe rebel Iomm was 2.46U killed. fhe Cattla flag** Spreading. [Chisago Telegram J Vatortunately there remains no longer % doubt that tbe root-aad-inoutii dwee*? JtMS broken out iu Bfiiugbam County. In tins Slate. Instigations at BfilugbamandatBlue i'otot* la the neighboring county of Cumberland* prove tiiat several herns are infected. The farmurs. no» knowing the symptoms of the di*a i', attributed tbe rotting ut' the hoof to freetluk' durlug the eold weather. But a» mveral animals comfortably hoiuu.'d have been affected this theory has been abaudouod. lt lias- hesn sacertalued beyond leasonuljle doubt that tlie oattle la tlie bolt of oonntry Ijctwceu Slitim- way. In Wtlngbam County, tn the wc*t, to l'ral- rte City, In Cumberland County, iu the oust, are lafeotcd. Tlie fat mc>» are .iomcwii;ii alarmed* Init are seed? toanbmitto suuh rrculatious as may be deemed u.-ces-ui v for checking the dia- F»»e. Uov. Uamtltoa hm erdeix-d Btate Vet- nluartan Paareti to proceed to the infected tiouaty. The diatrict will ptobably be quaian- ITopeka Bispatoh.] Iu obedience to an almost universal demand froiu every part of the Btate, aud in view of tho eaoruHkus interest at stake. Guv. Click lias issued a proclamation convening the Leuislature In special aeeaiou to consider the cattle plavue* and to adopt measures wherebv lt mav t>c ab» tolutely stamped out. Advlccs from the in­ fected region represent tbe dieease as apreadUUC rapidly. Dcacok John Corwith, a wealthy farmer or Beaver Dam, Wis., lost his lite by freezta*. bis big tue. A PHiLAbtupau young man is ander rest for stealing moaey In order to buy # Wedding outfit. Osfcjm. Wium iaya that everything Kb la twlee as laaga as it asod bob